'Samundari Khazana' – Benares mixed seafood with masala spring onions

This stunning mixed seafood recipe from Atul Kochhar is bursting with beautiful specimens, including gigantic prawns, razor clams, scallops, mussels and squid. The seafood is pan-fried in a beautiful kadhai gravy, first used to gently cook some fresh spring onions.

To garnish

Equipment

Pestle and mortar

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Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan, add the garlic and sauté over a low heat until it turns a light brown colour. Add the ground spices, ginger and green chillies and sauté until the mixture starts sticking to the bottom of the pan

Add the tomatoes and continue sautéing for about 20 minutes until the oil in the sauce rises to the surface and separates. Add the fenugreek and salt to taste, remove from the heat and sprinkle with the garam masala. The gravy you don't use will keep for up to 3 days in a covered container in the fridge

To make the masala spring onions, heat the oil in a saucepan, add the green chilli and ginger and sauté over a medium heat for 1 minute. Add the spring onions and sauté for 2–3 minutes until they have softened. Stir in 125ml of the kadhai gravy and simmer for 3–4 minutes until hot and combined. Adjust the seasoning if necessary

Place the razor clams in a steamer and steam for 30–60 seconds or until the shells have opened. Blast chill the clams and once cool, remove the meat from the shells, pulling away and discarding the darker 'foot' from the body (you should be left with a smooth, white cylinder). Set aside

Add the squid and chopped ginger and chilli mixture. Sauté for 3 minutes, turning the seafood over regularly or until the prawns are pink and curled and the squid is opaque (remember, if any mussels don't open they must be discarded)

Add the razor clams for the final 30 seconds to reheat. Add the butter, garlic, chilli flakes, coriander seeds, fenugreek leaves, masala spring onions and the samphire and baste the seafood with the juices. Squeeze in the lemon juice and add salt to taste. Stir in the chopped coriander

Combining the flavours of north, east and south India with the finest British produce, Atul Kochhar was the first ever Indian chef to receive a Michelin star in 2001.

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